Headrest



March4, 1930. l, HERRMAN K 1,748,954

HEADREST Y Filed July 18. 1928 *MMM/M Pot-enea Mar. v4,19%

reifen' To THE UNDERTAKERS SUPPLY CORPORATION orinmivois-` f f YApplication med July l18,?19'28, serial No. 293,576.'

This inventionrelates to a head rest or support for adjustablysupporting the head 'of an invalid or corpse and the main object of.

ythe invention is to provide a head support yof an invalid orV corpse inanydesired position. The device may be usedjby a surgeon u or doctortosupportthe head of a patient While' performing an operation andV is alsopari" ticularly adapted for useby undertakers to support the head of aicorpse While preparing a body forburial. o

' Another object of the invention isto prol Y vide a device of thecharacter described which o 15 comprises comparativelyfevv parts andwhich is Well adapted for 'quantityv production at 10W cost. f l

I Further Vand more limited objects ofthe in- .vention Will appear asthe description pro-- 2o ceedsand by reference to the accompanyingdrawing, in which F ig. 'l is a view 1n side elevation andl Fig; 2 isatop plan'vieW of they preferred embodiment of my invention.

' Referring novv to the drawings, the ref- '25 erence characterlVVdesignates a base member Vwhich is shaped as shown most clearly inFig; 1,1 the upper surface of which is provided with a plurality ofnotches 2.' A'bar Sis pivto 'the base member 1 ladjacent one end thereofby means-of a pin 4 and'extends at an angle thereto. The opposite end ofthe bar Sz-is' bifurcated as shownv and pivotallysecured between thebifurcations, is aV head-.rest y5 shaped to receive a f otally connectedv16,7 and 8.V The head rest 5 is held in place by a pin Q eXtendingthroughthe'bifurcated end of the bar 3 andhaving threaded engagement`therewith, The head `restfhas aprojection 4010 thereon'byfmeansiof'vvhichthe angular osition of the head vrest maybeiadjusted.Withouttouching the head, Whichis a particularly desirablefeature'incases of infections or contagious diseases or vin cases Wherethe deviceis used-to support the headof a corpse y-vvhere decompositionfhas set in.oA i

The pin 9 has alhandle ll'by means of 'Which the pin may be turned tosecure y the head rest in the adjusted position. 'AipavvlA 12 ispivotally connecte'datone end to the which may be v adj usted tovsupport the head ,Ugethervvhereby to secure i human head and havingaplurality offarms bor eaoijfooont thofoootroi portion thoroof mi has4its vopposite end adapted `for engagement in the notches 2 in the basemember and serves asa'means for adjusting the angular position of thebar 3-With respecttothe base member. f It Will now be clearl that I haveprovided an adjustable head support Which will yaccomplish theobjects'of the invention as herelnbefore stated. Various changes maybe60 made' inthe details of construction. and manner of' connectingthevariousjparts Wit-hout departing from'the spirit of my invention ando it'isto he unde'rstoodthatmy invention is vto be limited only inaccordance With the scope of the appended claims.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim is TES f1. 1A headsupport adapted to support a human headand comprising a base member,

a bar having one end pivotally connected With said base member adjacentone end thereof .andextending upwardly at an angle thereto, means foradjusting the position of said bar With respect to saidbase member, -theopposite` end'of said bar being bifurcated, a head rest pivotallysecured-between the: said bifurcations and shaped to receive ahuman headtherein,a handle carried by said head restv for adjusting the'positionof the lsame -and' meansl for moving said bifurcations-toadjustedposition.

2.v A head support comprising. a support- Vingybase including aplurality of outwardly extendingfoot portions connected by an elonsiisaid head Lrest in the gated rigid member, a bar pivoted at one end tosaidbaseandmeans for positioning said I I bar in any one of a vpluralityofangularposij tions relative'to saidbase, a head 'supporta i securedatthe otherend of saidfbar and'having three outwardly projecting armsextendoo f ing fromthe center'th'e'reof-and spaced about e i saidcenterto Vsupport the head on three sides.A

3; A headV support comprising a. support- 11 ing base including a`plurality of outwardly extending foot portions connected vbyl anYelongated rigid member, av bar pivoted'at one 'end to said base, andmeans for'positioning said bar in yany one of a'plurality ofangular Ypositions relative to said base, a head support" adjustably pivotedatthe free end of said 'bar and handle means whereby said head supportmay be adjusted from a distance relative to said support.

4. A head support Comprising a supporting basev including a plurality ofoutwardly extending foot portions connected by an ,elongatedA rigid'member, a bar pivoted at one end to said base and means for positioningsaid bai in any one` of a plurality of angular positions relativev tosaidv base, a head sup-n port adjustably mounted on the free end of saidbar and having radially projecting .arms-- extending` laterally andendwise from the free end of said bar whereby to support the head withno obstructions beneath the same.

In testimony whereof, I hereuntov aliX my ISAAC HERRMANN.

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